World War II put some 70 million people in uniform and killed perhaps as many as 30 million. It lasted only six years, but it produced the biggest armies, the most devastating weapons, the most expenditures, and the most destruction of any previous war. This collection tells the story of major battles fought in places most people had never previously heard of: a stretch of beach, a remote island, and a forest were some of the places where the essential history of this enormous conflict was written. The documentary depicts fighting in North Africa, the crossing of the Siegfried Line, the capture of the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, the Battle for Manila, and much more.